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Onsager reaction field: a standalone construct

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Physical chemistry

model in which a polar molecule in a spherical cavity polarizes the surrounding dielectric, which returns a reaction field acting back on the dipole.

In physical chemistry, Onsager reaction field refers to model in which a polar molecule in a spherical cavity polarizes the surrounding dielectric, which returns a reaction field acting back on the dipole. This meaning comes from Onsager (1936) in Journal of the American Chemical Society.[1]

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References

Onsager, L. (1936). Electric Moments of Molecules in Liquids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 58(8), 1486-1493. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01299a050

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